Tough man to kill: Detective rebounding after amputations

Pneumonia robbed him of both legs below the knees, his left arm at the bicep and all the fingers of his right hand

Richard Brooks
The Press Enterprise

Even for a deputy, Detective Al Lobo is a tough man and hard to kill.

A bad case of pneumonia — likely contracted while working in the San Bernardino County sheriff's jail in Victorville — led to an infection that robbed him of both legs below the knees, his left arm at the bicep and all the fingers of his right hand.